Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Joseph Danner Taylor correspondence
- Dates:
- 1863-1881
- Creators:
- Taylor, Joseph D. (Joseph Danner), 1830-1899
- Abstract:
- Correspondence belonging to 19th century Ohio lawyer and politician Joseph Danner Taylor.
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Joseph Danner Taylor correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Personal correspondence of Joseph Danner Taylor, chiefly correspondence with his wife Elizabeth A. Hill Taylor and her correspondence with her father, brothers, and sisters in North Berwick, Maine. The letters discuss primarily family and personal matters, with some information on Taylor's legal cases.
- Biographical / historical:
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Joseph Danner Taylor (1830-1899) was a lawyer of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. He was also a Republican politician, and an Ohio state representative in the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-second Congresses, from 1883 to 1893.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Gertrude Slaughter, through the courtesy of Professor Frederick J. Turner, 1929.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Harriet McLune in 1975. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Lawyers -- Ohio -- Correspondence
Lawyers' spouses -- Ohio -- Correspondence
Women -- Ohio -- Correspondence
Family papers -- Ohio -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century - Names:
- Taylor, Elizabeth A. Hill
- Places:
- Cambridge (Ohio) -- History -- Sources
Maine -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources
North Berwick (Me. : Town) -- History -- Sources
Ohio -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-04-21 12:49:35 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item]. Joseph Danner Taylor correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191